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the art work on this web site originates from the surfaces found
on dumped burnt out cars |
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I had been taking my camera around scrap yards finding
a wealth of interest photographing the many parts, old models
and even the cutting and lifting machines used on the site.
Initially this was to experiment with images to use as a basis
for my large oil paintings. One day, while walking my dog I
came across what turned out to be my first beautiful model.
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I took shots as if
it was one of the cars in the scrap yard but when I started
to work on these photographs on my computer I realised that
there was an even larger scope for manipulation before distortion
or destruction of the original file.
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| As I started to work from the photographs
to paint these pictures more and more people looked over my
shoulder and said “WOW” and when this happened and
happened again I decided to investigate a new area of marketing
my photography. |
| When I paint I use these images as
reference material, I’m excited by the textures and surfaces
and I’m continually exploring different ways to illustrate
their unique beauty, the paintings have many materials added
to the oil paint; they include parts salvaged from the vehicle,
pieces of glass, mirror and sand. I go searching workshops for
iron filings and swarf particles from lathes; these are then
soaked in water to rust into the picture. Rope and fabrics are
also applied using the thick paint as glue. |
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| The cars used to be found in park
and wasteland around the West Midlands although recently I have
had a lot of trouble finding them, the local authorities have
with a great deal of success curbed the number of cars vandalised
in this way. There is also a theory that those who used to steal
the cars have grown up and found new interests or are locked
up in prisons and detention centres. for further iniforamtion
on how I find the burnt out cars visit my blog |
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